Racking your weapon's bolt/slide over and over and over and over constantly...

[Zartan]

I LOVE the sound of RTB lock up on my CZ. Steel on Steel rules.

[teg33]

It won't break the gun but sure it annoying to hear the sound over & over.

[RMP91]

I LOVE the sound of RTB lock up on my CZ. Steel on Steel rules.

You simply *cannot* beat the sound of a Beretta 92F being racked

[Sojournertruth]

get some meds for the OCD

[compulsivegunbuyer]

The sound... It's better than SEX!

I think you need to have more sex.

[SoldierLife7]

It depends on the gun. Different guns have different designs and different things can be effected by repetitive "racking". If you have a cheap gun made from inferior metal, it will wear faster than better built guns.

Some guns, like the 1911, the slide slamming forward on an empty chamber CAN damage internal parts (many people believe that it can't hurt it).

*before jumping in and arguing that it can't hurt the 1911, please do some research. Also, please note that I said "can" and not "will".

[kentactic]

So you're walking around the house with an unloaded gun? ..... you do have a loaded one aswell right?

[1911R SSS]

Not gonna happen, no damage at all

[Sigbird]

And you're constantly masturbating your rifle... why?

Exactly, Why? I have never racked my guns once, until inserting a full mag.
Then again, I have all metal guns and it may be a little easier on those plastic guns.

[Swagman00]

For the builders, we call that "Lapping"

[vintagearms]

The sound... It's better than SEX!

Maybe because your doing it alone.

[Tarasdad]

My guns probably had their actions cycled 100 times for every round that went downrange. Breaking in, building muscle memory, practicing position shooting, cleaning, testing - I was always doing something with them. And yes, I just enjoyed the feel and sound!

When it comes to cycling I almost always let the spring do the work. There are some guns that won't lock up properly if you try to ease them into battery. On some I will ease them closed, but those are almost always collector-grade guns, not shooters. Heck, I've even seen a few collector-grade that have never had the action cycled after they left the factory!

[RandyD]

It's time you and your gun get your own place.

[cmichini]

"*Will* break the gun", according to my not-so-gun-savvy brother, though he owns several guns.

I think he's just annoyed with the sound I keep making

That aside, does he have a point that I could break my gun by cycling the bolt/slide on an empty chamber constantly hundreds of times a day?

Don't ask me why I rack them so often every single day, I just love my guns that much!

Let me guess.

Either works for a gun store, or is an LEO. After all, we know how both of these populations are expert in everything that goes boom.

[UBFRAGD]

If you owned a lr308 dpms you would be racking it a ton

TRU DAT!! Hilarious post, I laughed out loud.

Back to racking.